D.5. EUROPEAN ADDED VALUE
What is the added value of your project towards a more intensive European cooperation?
A lot of the European citizens often ignore their real roots and tend to emphasize the differences that divide them from people from other countries, that is, people from the North or the West usually feel far away from people from the South or the East. And this ignorance causes deep-rooted prejudices about foreigners. Our aim is to remove those ideas about foreign people based on prejudices or ignorance from our students’ minds in order to make them become a new generation of European citizens.
If we discover everything Europeans share, if we find out we have been European citizens for more than two thousand years, we will understand there are no differences, so the only barrier we will have to face is the linguistic one and languages can be studied.
Besides, the project will lead to a better understanding of the culture of other European countries and will link people from different European areas. The mobility measures will lead to an enhancement of tourism and intercultural exchange. It will motivate both students and teachers to learn foreign languages and establish long-lasting friendships across borders as well as bring diverse parts of Europe closer together.
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OK, Paloma
ReplyDeleteA changing attitude of some of our students is the very aim of the project and this change should be influence all the participants: pupils, teachers, families and institutions.
Certain students and sometimes some of their families often ignore their real roots and we would like them to evolve their attitude during this project, to open their mind and make them feel part of a European Union Team.
It will be very important to eiminate their ideas on foreign people if they are based on prejudice as an open-minded attitude is essential to the new generation of European citizens.
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ReplyDeleteThe project will lead to a better understanding of the culture of other European countries and will link people from different European areas.The mobility measures will lead to an enhancement of tourism and intercultural exchange. It will motivate students and teachers to learn foreign languages and establish long-lasting friendships over borders and bring diverse parts of Europe closer together. All this will make an important contribution to a Europe united in peace and friendship.